Venezuela condemns Trump airspace closure warning
Venezuela has condemned US President Donald Trump’s statement that the airspace around the country should be considered closed.
The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”.
The US does not have legal authority to close another country’s airspace and the Venezuelan statement accused Trump of making a “colonialist threat”.
The US has built its military presence in the area and carried out at least 21 strikes on boats it said were carrying drugs, killing more than 80, without providing evidence. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has said the US actions are attempt to oust him.
In his book, The Room where it happened, Neoliberal Hawk John Bolton goes into detail at the attempted coup 2019 by Trump against Venezuela and as Trump ratchets up an enormous fleet off the coast.
It’s a fascinating insight into how deeply involved Trump’s first term was in the attempted coup against Maduro and provides some insight into Trump’s current thinking.
Trump’s concerns as outlined by Bolton were Venezuela empowering China, Cuba and Russia. It was also to appease the Venezuelan-American community who strategically had all moved to Florida to provide a powerful Republican voting block.
Trump’s desire in 2019 was for military action which bewildered even a war monger like Bolton…
“Trump insisted he wanted military option for Venezuela and then keep it because “it’s really part of the United States”.
…Bolton said this aggression surprised him, but it would get worse…
“Trump, as usual, was having trouble distinguishing responsible measures to protect legitimate American interests from what amounted to vast overreaching of the sort no other government, especially a democratic one, would even consider.
…when Bolton is the voice of reason, you are in deep trouble.
With all restraints off the second term of Trump, a Venezuelan invasion almost looks certain.
Let’s be clear, this is not about stopping Fentanyl coming to America by declaring Madura narco terrorist!
Venezuela is a cocaine traffic lane, not Fentanyl.
The killings of boats suspected of trafficking are extra judicial assignations with no legal defence and Trump’s recent pardon of ex-Honduras leader, President Juan Orlando Hernandez, for drug trafficking makes the whole claim against Maura a hypocritical irony…
Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US
…Talking of hypocritical ironies, the recent shootings of two National Guard members by an Afghan National that Trump is now attempting to use as evidence against migration is as hypocritical and ironic as it gets because what Trump isn’t pointing out is that the afghan national in question…
worked for a CIA “Zero Unit” death squad enforcing the USA’s occupation of his home country
…I would imagine doing CIA ‘wet work’ would probably make you a tad psychotic.
When the afghan national was murdering for America, it was fine, when he turn on America he was ‘radicalised.
Glad we sorted that out.
Trump is a preening peacock enamoured with his own tough guy reflection.
Trump is going to invade Venezuela.
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Once again its about oil .Venezuala has cheap oil and trump wants it .His own reserves are running out and becoming costly to extract .
He should be arrested and charged with 80 counts of murder as there is no evidence of those boats having drugs aboard and any drugs produced now could have come from any where .The fact he is releasing a convicted drug lord is confirmation he is not worried about drugs its oil and rear earth he wants .You only have to look at what he wanted from Ukraine .
gordon walker – Venezuela oil is like road tar…it takes a huge amount of energy to get it ready for use…Guyana oil deposits, next to Venezuela are far better…hence why Venezuela is trying to steal it.
Stealing, doubtful – why – because the very, very few trading partners Venezuela has, will not accept stolen product.
Lets not forget, Gordon, Venezuela was showing the rest of South America that socialism could work, that is a capitalist system with a heavy dose of socialism, that Venezuela adopted once the Chavez, now Maduro goverment assumed office. This type of governance is far more significant to US interests than the need to control their oil, ever was. Trump successfully disabled that movement in his first term.
Gordon Walker – I totally agree. Unfortunately, the feral MAGA hat wearing, down the rabbit hole conspiracy theorist Trump acolytes continue to support him, including supporting his extra-judicial killings of people Trump says are drug smugglers. This is no different to the dreadful extra-judicial killings ordered by Duterte in the Phillipines of people he suspected of drug dealing, even though there was no evidence to support such allegations.
Martyn – Venezuela is sizing up their neighbour, Guyana, due to Guyana’s huge oil deposits…Venezuela is sending military to the border of Venezuela – Guyana.
So Nathan what does that have to do fentanyl in US? Absolutely nothing. Are suggesting the US are defending Guyana?
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“I would imagine doing CIA ‘wet work’ would probably make you a tad psychotic.”
The guy was 15 when he started killing for the death squads. He was gone before he even finished being a kid. Did you see trump lose his rag at a journalist who offered up facts to him over this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYQgqc17stA
The Whitehouse is being run by gangsters – they want to secure their block/corner in the drug trade and cut out the middle man – they’ll be reinstalling their puppets asap